103,500 HKD
"Mickiewicz and Byron" Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, made for the Polish market, signed for Wynalezli I Zrobili, W Genewie, No. 15292, made in 1858 - 1859. Fine and rare 18K gold hunting-cased early keyless pocket watch with Adrien Philippe's keyless winding and engraved portraits of Adam Mickiewicz and Lord Byron. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "bassine et filets", sprung and hinged front cover engraved with a portrait of Adam Mickiewiczwithin an oval and foliate border, chased band, hinged back engraved with a portrait of Lord Byron within an ovaland foliate border, flattened winding and hand setting crown. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radialRoman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855). Poland's most beloved and famous poet was born in Zaosie to an impoverished noble family in the for-mer Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Between 1815 and 1819 he stud-ied at the University of Vilno and from 1819 to 1823 he was a teacher in Kaunas. His early interest in the French enlighten-ment philosopher Voltaire soon changed to admiration for the Romantic writers Schiller and Byron. Mickiewicz eventually set-tled in Paris and served as the Professor of Literature at the University of Lausanne. He died at Constantinople in 1885 and in 1890 his remains were returned to Poland and interred with the Polish kings at the shrine in Crakow. Lord Byron (1788 - 1824). Lord Byron w Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20
